Last week, we ran a silly little article called "Top 5 Ubisoft character skins we'd like to see in Prince of Persia." In it, I joked that one of them I'd like to see is Jade from Ubisoft's "cult hit" Beyond Good & Evil. Well, someone must have been listening (or I'm psychically linked to the Prince of Persia team), because imagine my surprise when I found that completing the game unlocked just that -- a Jade skin for the Prince's magical sidekick, Elika.
Selectable from the game's "Skin Manager" in the "Extras" menu, the skin simply changes her outfit to the tiny white top and green number made famous by Jade. There's even a bow staff on her back and a pouch that hangs by her side, but neither perform any in-game function; magical Elika has no need for such things, anyhow.
The Jade skin joins the free skin of Assassin's Creed's Altair for the Prince, which is available simply by signing up for a Ubisoft.com account and linking it to your game. (Doing it on the PlayStation 3 was a snap; the game brought up the web browser to initiate sign-up and everything.) Also available with selected limited edition copies of the game are two additional skins -- the Prince of The Sands of Time trilogy, as well as a Farrah skin for Elika.
This means there's two more skin slots for both Elika and the Prince open. I wonder if either of them will be the "dog whisperer," Cesar Millan. One can only dream ...
Prince of Persia is being delivered to stores by storks right now, and our full review will go live tomorrow at 10 A.M. PST.
[Note: All images were taken with a digital camera directly off of a television, hence the questionable quality.]
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Hey, maybe someone wanted to find this themselves instead of it being spoiled. Thanks.
that's awesome!
Jade... BG&E... oh yeah, thanks for reminding, still have to go finish that game on the PS2. Anyways, neat skin unlock indeed.
isnt that... the chick that takes pictures the whole game?
This and Persona 4 are the last on my "must have" lists. Can't wait for this. . . . glad I'm on vacation right now.
DonHonk:
Don't be a douche.
DonHonk:
Don't be a douche.
Holy God that's awesome! I hope that means that maybe, just maybe, they'll make a second Beyond Good and Evil? Please?
In other news: Support Beyond Good and Evil 2 by actually buying it.
oh, and...
DonHonk:
Don't be a douche.
@Tronjoy
Where have you been? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkCXE1l5MVI
Jim Sterling:
You're british.
Jim Sterling, Brad Nicholson, NICK CHESTER:
You're all pricks
DonHonk:
I agree, at least don't set it as the fucking title. Idiot fucks.
I don't like being a feminine product. :(
@DonHonk
Douch Away!
Nice.
I figure this is relevant to this post. For the people who don't know:
Beyond Good and Evil 2
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34508.html
@self
In before rage banning.
What exactly have you people got against the Dutch?
DonHonk:
Spoiler alert: Elika wears clothes.
@moshakirby
More fool you. It takes a bit more than that to get banned around here.
Sorry, didn't see this to be quite a spoiler; I suppose I can see why you're angry to be point of calling me an idiot fuck, though. There's still 12-some-odd-hours of game to explore, though, so I haven't ruined too much. Or anything, actually.
Also, no banning for calling me an idiot. Not our style.
@ the Golden Avatar
Oh wow. My positive thinking must have worked!
But yeah, thanks for updating me. Half-Life was also awesome, why won't someone make Half-Life 2?!?!
DonHonk:
The prince can jump.
Brad is spamming, ban him.
Id really like to see the other prince costume. When someone unlocks it, a cblog with pics would be appreciated.
It's awesome that Ubisoft is putting a reference to an amazing game of theirs, even if it didn't sell so well.
Also, rage spamming.
I for one am surprised that they aren't charging $5 for it as DLC.
hope that's not what jade looks like in BG&E2 cuz that is uuuuuuugly!
"Well, sometime must have been listening "
"Prince's magically sidekick,"
"made famous my Jade."
You type so fast!!!1111111!11one
That looks weird. I like that they did it, but... it's kinda like a child scribbling a crayon on a piece of paper and handing it to you, looking expectantly for your approval. Maybe I should just embrace the willingness to appease us...
o_e
@braulio09:
You read faster!
I heard beating the game also unlocks annoying stealth sections.
i dont see why people are so surprise theyre not being charged. don't remember any ubi games charging for lame skins. you're all thinking of namco and bethesda
Yes, to be clear, this skin is 100% free. I mean, you have to buy the game, I suppose ...
Well shit, now I have to buy this game...
Well Ubisoft did the same thing with FC 2. Except instead of a skin, you unlocked some useless extra designs for the machete.
Feels like cheap fanservice (along with Altair) to trick people into buying it, but hey free is free.
Donhonk:
That is all.
@ Hamza
What?! No free peeksies? =[
Works on me
People who don't like spoilers shouldn't use the internet.
Awesome skins. Thank you Ubisoft!
People who think this is a spoiler are dumbasses. The only way this could affect your enjoyment of earning the costume is if you were expecting something better and like being strung along, and the only way this could affect your enjoyment of actually using the costume is . . .
well it can't.
So I think the problem isn't that it's a spoiler (because it's a totally benign one), but rather, the problem is simply that some people like having something to be pissy about, and this gives them an excuse.
Fuck 'em.
P.S. — I really need to play Beyond Good & Evil.
haha DonHonk, and moshakirby are dumbasses, let's all point and laugh HA HA
It's strange how this one is Elika dressed as Jade but the Farah costume is actually Farah.
Too bad this game is super gay and super dumbed down. Oh and the shadows look like fucking saw blades. Ubisoft is just the French EA pumping out shit title after shit title full of bugs. What's with this Prince Of Persia cartoon they released? The art direction is garbage.
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